Acer Aspire 9420 9410 7110 TravelMate 5620 5610 5110 Laptop Service Guide Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD
Preface
Before using this information and the product it supports, please read the following general information.
1. This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION
decided for Acer’s “global” product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product
competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g.
add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered
in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible
personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.
2. Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information
available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will
not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer
office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service
Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and
service of customer machines.
Acer Aspire 9420 9410 7110 TravelMate 5620 5610 5110 Laptop Service Guide Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD
Chapter One System Specification 1
Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Display and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Storage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
I/O Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Power Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Outlook Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Closed Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Base View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Windows keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Special keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Easy-launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Touchpad Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Acer Empowering Technology . . . . . . . . 16
Empowering Technology Password . . . . . . . 16
Acer eDataSecurity Management . . . . . . . . 17
Acer eLock Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Acer ePerformance Management . . . . . . . . 20
Acer eRecovery Management . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Acer eSettings Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Acer eNet Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Acer ePower Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Acer ePresentation Management . . . . . . . . 27
Acer OrbiCam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
IX TOC
Rotating the Acer Orbicam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Launching the Acer OrbiCam (for 1.3 megapixel camera models only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the Acer OrbiCam Settings . . . . . 29
Capturing Photos or Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Acer OrbiCam as Webcam . . . . . . 31
Enabling the Acer VisageON (for 1.3 megapixel camera models only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Acer GridVista (dual-display compatible) . . 34
Launch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Norton AntiVirus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How do I check for viruses? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hardware Specification and Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter Two System Utilities 46
BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Invoking BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter Three Machine Disassembly and Replacement 54
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Disassembly Procedure Flowchart . . . . . 56
Disassembly Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the HDD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the MiniPCI Card and the Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Separating the LCD Module and Main Unit 61
Disassembling the Main Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
LCD Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
TOC X
Chapter Four Troubleshooting 72
System Check Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
External Diskette Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . 73
External CD-ROM Drive Check . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Keyboard or Auxiliary Input Device Check . 73
Memory Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Check the Power Adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Check the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Touchpad Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Power-On Self-Test (POST) Error Message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index of Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Error Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Index of Symptom-to-FRU Error Message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Intermittent Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Undetermined Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter Five Jumper and Connector Location 88
Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter Six FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 91
Exploded Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93